.jpg) Color-tinted postcard of USS Pennsylvania, circa 1905–1908
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Pennsylvania class |
| Builders | |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | USS Brooklyn (ACR-3) |
| Succeeded by | Tennessee class |
| Built | 1901–1908 |
| In commission | 1905–1927 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Active | 0 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 5 |
| General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
| Type | Armored cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 504 ft (153.6 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m) |
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| Speed | 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement | 830 |
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| Armor |
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| General characteristics (1911)[2] | |
| Armament | 4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 guns (2 × 2), remainder of armament unchanged |
| General characteristics (1919)[3] | |
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The Pennsylvania class of six armored cruisers served in the United States Navy from 1905 to 1927. All six were renamed for cities 1912–1920, to make the state names available for the new battleships beginning with the Pennsylvania-class battleships. All of these served during World War I, with California (then San Diego) being the only ship of the class to be lost. The remaining five armored cruisers were scrapped between 1930 and 1931 in accordance with the London Naval Treaty.
- ^ Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 148
- ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1911". US Navy Department. 1912. pp. 28–35. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1919". US Navy Department. 1 November 1918. pp. 32–37. Retrieved 10 February 2016.